It's Just a Phase, Honeybunny

Definition of "late puberty": A crisis-like state of insecurity in mid-life, in which those affected, severely confused by hormones, critically rethink and question the meaning of their previous existence. Just like Paul (Christoph Maria Herbst) and Emilia (Christiane Paul) - always THE dream couple for everyone: He is the author of several successful novels about the golf generation, she is a voice actress for telenovelas. Together they have three children: Bo, who wants to know everything, Marie, who knows everything, and Fe, who is always angry. It could be so nice... But as they approach their late 40s, the physical impacts come closer. Hair becomes thinner, eyesight diminishes and so does libido. At some point it dawns on both of them: Only the others are still young. When Emilia wants to take a break from the relationship after a one-night stand with the younger Ruben and throws herself into life, Paul looks into the abyss... "'It's just a phase, honeybunny' succeeds time and again in amusingly pricking the very wounds that usually accompany such a life or relationship crisis. However, the movie clearly has a more positive mood. A movie that succeeds again and again in bringing tears of laughter and tears of joy to the faces of its audience in quick succession." (Matthias von Viereck, in: F.A.Z.)